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Subject: [Leica] M8 failure in rain
From: photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe)
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2016 21:08:52 +0200
References: <FB15532A-5143-4DC4-959B-E06C5C08A5AF@mac.com> <084295E4-7B03-4988-823A-D8FB71EC00AA@cartersxrd.net>

Same here with a D700 - dumped the card too

Ph


Le 24 juil. 2016 ? 00:27, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> a ?crit :

> I have had one card do something similar to me, not water related in my 
> case
> 
> feel like ti was card, not camera related
> 
> trash the card
> 
> ric
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jul 23, 2016, at 6:18 PM, Richard Endress <rendress at mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello All,
>> 
>> I wanted to ask the group how often do you have problems with your 
>> digital M cameras in the rain.  I visited the Draken Harald Harfagre, the 
>> largest viking ship afloat, a couple days ago. Got onboard for a quick 
>> tour just in time to get rained on. I lost about half of my photos due to 
>> water getting into the camera. The shutter and metering continued to 
>> function correctly but the images did not get recorded on the chip. Or 
>> not correctly recorded, just got stripes and blocks of tone. I assume 
>> raindrops got into the circuitry through the back and through the top. My 
>> problem is that it did not get that wet, we are talking a few drops. Has 
>> anyone had the same problem and what can I do to prevent it happening 
>> again? Or should I have just taken my M6 instead?
>> 
>> Richard Endress
>> rendress at me.com <mailto:rendress at me.com>
>> 
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